UP to 15,500 ‘new Irish’ are entitled to vote on February 25 after securing citizenship since the last general election. The new voters have been enfranchised since 2007, after applications for citizenship were approved by the Government. Read the report Read More …
Germany granted citizenship to almost one million foreigners between 2002 and 2009. The largest group of naturalized Germans has Turkish roots. Read the full article by Germany’s International broadcaster Deutsche Welle
Read the report in the British daily The Guardian
By EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Dagmar Kusa, 25 January 2011 The voluntary acquisition of another citizenship should no longer result in the loss of the Slovak citizenship — according to the bill amending the Law on Citizenship that the Slovak government Read More …
Ireland may be mired in recession and thousands of people have emigrated but the number of other people obtaining Irish citizenship has actually increased, according to new figures. Read the news report from the Irish Examiner: 2010 sees increase in Read More …
In 2010, the Hungarian Parliament passed an amendment to the Hungarian Citizenship Act that provides for a preferential and accelerated naturalisation of Hungarians who are descendants of former citizens. The new citizenship law took effect on Monday 3 January, 2010, Read More …
Recognized political refugees yesterday handed a memo to the House President and European Union’s office in Nicosia, calling for citizenship and recognition of their basic human rights. Read the article “Political refugees call for equal rights” in the Cyprus Mail
By Laura MacInnis – Thu Nov 25, 5:20 pm ET GENEVA (Reuters) – Baby Rachel’s dad is Canadian, her mother is Chinese and 14 months after her birth in Beijing she’s finally a citizen too…of Ireland. However, Chloe — who Read More …
In November 2010, France asked to delay the Schengen accession for Bulgaria and Romania until summer 2010, when the European Commission is expected to present its annual report on the fight against corruption and organised crime in the two countries. Read More …
At the beginning of November 2010, acting on EU request, Montenegro has announced a freeze in its business citizenship offer. Read the article “Montenegro freezes business citizenship offer” by Bloomberg Businessweek
